Pan Pacific Championships, Results: Thomas Fraser-Holmes Edges Kosuke Hagino for 200 Free Title
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GOLD COAST, Australia, August 21. AUSTRALIA’s Thomas Fraser-Holmes definitely defended his position as the top 200 freestyler in the world right now as he won the finale in 1:45.98 at the Pan Pacific Championships. That’s not quite his world-leading 1:45.08 from the Commonwealth Games, but it was more than enough to win the title tonight.
Japan’s Kosuke Hagino, one of the most well-rounded swimmers in the world, took second in 1:46.08. That’s off his seventh-ranked 1:45.89 from Japanese Nationals, but enough for silver. Australia’s Cameron McEvoy snared bronze with a 1:46.36. He’s been much faster with a third-ranked 1:45.46 from Aussie Nationals.
It was not a banner event for the Americans as Conor Dwyer (1:46.45) and defending champion Ryan Lochte (1:46.75) could not get themselves on the podium.
Brazil’s Nicolas Oliveira (1:46.98), New Zealand’s Matthew Stanley (1:47.33) and Japan’s Reo Sakata (1:47.76) also competed for the championship title.
A Final Results
1 FRASER-HOLMES, 22 AUSTRALIA 1:46.95 1:45.98 891 r:+0.64 24.46 51.36 (26.90) 1:18.82 (27.46) 1:45.98 (27.16) 2 HAGINO, KOSUKE 20 JAPAN 1:46.60 1:46.08 888 r:+0.64 24.47 51.62 (27.15) 1:18.90 (27.28) 1:46.08 (27.18) 3 MCEVOY, CAMERON 20 AUSTRALIA 1:47.08 1:46.36 881 r:+0.61 24.76 51.31 (26.55) 1:18.73 (27.42) 1:46.36 (27.63) 4 DWYER, CONOR 25 UNITED STATES 1:46.65 1:46.45 879 r:+0.66 24.83 51.76 (26.93) 1:19.12 (27.36) 1:46.45 (27.33) 5 LOCHTE, RYAN 30 UNITED STATES 1:47.35 1:46.75 872 r:+0.66 24.49 51.44 (26.95) 1:19.11 (27.67) 1:46.75 (27.64) 6 OLIVEIRA, NICOL 27 BRAZIL 1:47.91 1:46.98 866 r:+0.65 24.73 51.77 (27.04) 1:19.37 (27.60) 1:46.98 (27.61) 7 STANLEY, MATTHE 22 NEW ZEALAND 1:48.74 1:47.33 858 r:+0.71 24.89 52.01 (27.12) 1:19.63 (27.62) 1:47.33 (27.70) 8 SAKATA, REO 18 JAPAN 1:47.74 1:47.76 848 r:+0.66 24.46 51.42 (26.96) 1:19.48 (28.06) 1:47.76 (28.28)
He couldn’t quite replicate his 16th-ranked 1:46.90 from U.S. Nationals, but USA’s Matt McLean had enough in the tank to capture the B final with a time of 1:47.16. Australia’s David McKeon touched second in the heat with a 1:47.48, while Japan’s Yuki Kobori tied Brazil’s Joao de Lucca for third with matching 1:47.98s.
New Zealand’s Dylan Dunlop-Barrett (1:49.30), New Zealand’s Steve Kent (1:49.71), Canada’s Coleman Allen (1:51.30) and China’s Ma Tianchi (1:56.27) also put up times in the consolation heat.
B Final Results
9 MCLEAN, MATT 26 UNITED STATES 1:47.91 1:47.16 862 r:+0.73 25.68 53.08 (27.40) 1:19.84 (26.76) 1:47.16 (27.32) 10 MCKEON, DAVID 22 AUSTRALIA 1:47.45 1:47.48 854 r:+0.70 24.95 51.95 (27.00) 1:19.69 (27.74) 1:47.48 (27.79) 11 KOBORI, YUKI 20 JAPAN 1:47.91 1:47.98 842 r:+0.67 24.93 52.22 (27.29) 1:20.09 (27.87) 1:47.98 (27.89) 11 DE LUCCA, JOAO 24 BRAZIL 1:48.94 1:47.98 842 r:+0.66 25.10 52.43 (27.33) 1:20.51 (28.08) 1:47.98 (27.47) 13 DUNLOP-BARRETT, 23 NEW ZEALAND 1:50.01 1:49.30 812 r:+0.73 25.64 53.06 (27.42) 1:20.91 (27.85) 1:49.30 (28.39) 14 KENT, STEVEN 26 NEW ZEALAND 1:49.00 1:49.71 803 r:+0.63 25.08 52.45 (27.37) 1:20.79 (28.34) 1:49.71 (28.92) 15 ALLEN, COLEMAN 21 CANADA 1:51.80 1:51.30 769 r:+0.65 25.37 53.27 (27.90) 1:21.77 (28.50) 1:51.30 (29.53) 16 MA, TIANCHI 17 CHINA 1:52.37 1:56.27 675 r:+0.75 25.99 54.99 (29.00) 1:25.67 (30.68) 1:56.27 (30.60)